Phorbas

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The child Œdipus brought back to life by the shepherd Phorbas, who took him off the tree. Sculpture by Charles Dupaty.

In Greek mythology, Phorbas (/ˈfɔːrbəs/; Ancient Greek: Φόρβας Phórbās, gen. Φόρβαντος Phórbantos means 'giving pasture'), or Phorbaceus[citation needed] /fɔːrˈbˌʃ(j)s/, may refer to:

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  1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.5
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.58.5
  3. ^ "Arestor", Wikipedia, 2022-12-27, retrieved 2023-05-07
  4. ^ Seneca the Younger, Oedipus 840 ff.
  5. ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.253
  6. ^ Pausanias, 6.19.13
  7. ^ Homer, Iliad 9.665; Dictys Cretensis, 2.16
  8. ^ Homer, Iliad 14.489 ff.; Virgil, Aeneid 5.842
  9. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.74
  10. ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1156; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 18.483 ff.; Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 854; Suda, s.v. Phorbanteion
  11. ^ Nonnus, 14.94 ff.
  12. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ambrakia, Dexamenai
  13. ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 1
  14. ^ Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Phorbas
  15. ^ Plutarch, Romulus 2.2

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